BlockGunter, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Alba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75410. It stands on White Oak Branch. The Survey maps it on the Alba quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Alba quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Alba quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
289 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of Gunter between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,131 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 221 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9072012 |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND |
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ASSIST WILDLAND FIRE |
| 23 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9232012 |
| 22 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODLANDS FIRE |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 92210 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q49352774 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378398. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.